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Museums

MUSEUMS & HISTORIC BRIDGES

Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum

1031 Old Route 17, Livingston Manor, NY 845-439-4810 • catskillflyfishing.org Museum and education center on 53 acres bordering the Willowemoc River dedicated to preserving America’s fly fishing heritage; teaching its future generations of fly fishers; and protecting its fly fishing environment.

D&H Canal Museum at Lock 50 and Linear Park

16 Bova Road, Phillipsport, NY 845-807-0261 O&W on community life, hunting, fishing, farming, tourism and local industries. Seasonal: May – October Interpretive Center within the 45 acre linear park which includes approximately 3 1/2 miles of historic D&H Canal towpath trail. Remains of the original locks, drydock & waste weirs are visible from the towpath.

Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History

6615 State Route 97, Narrowsburg, NY 845-252-6660 May-Sept 845-807-0261 Oct-May scparks@co.sullivan.ny.us Costumed interpreters discuss and demonstrate the life styles of the first European settlers in the Upper Delaware River Valley during the Revolutionary War period and their place in local and Early American history. Seasonal.

Sullivan County Museum & Historical Society

265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 845- 434-8044 • sullivancountyhistory.org Home to the Sullivan County Historical Society, the Cook Society and the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, the museum offers permanent and changing historical exhibits and maintains archives, census records, and family histories.

Ten Mile River Scout Museum

1481 County Road 26, Narrowsburg, NY 845-252-2063 • tmrmuseum.org Dedicated to preserving the history and artifacts of Ten Mile River Scout Camps, the largest Boy Scout Council camp in the U.S., through an extensive memorabilia display and video collection.

Liberty Museum & Arts Center

46 South Main Street, Liberty, NY 845-292-2394 • libertymuseum.com A renovated historical building housing collections and presenting art and history exhibits. The museum also hosts classes, lectures, cultural events & children’s programs.

Museum at Bethel Woods

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 200 Hurd Road, Bethel, NY 1-866-781-2922 • bethelwoodscenter.org An Interpretation of the 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Fair. Located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival, the museum explores the unique experience of Woodstock, its significance as a culminating event of a decade of radical cultural transformation and the legacies of the 60’s, through interactive exhibits, displays, and a collection of artifacts.

Time and the Valleys Museum

332 Main Street, Grahamsville, NY 845-985-7700 timeandthevalleysmuseum.org A living and interactive resource that preserves the past and educates the present and insures the uniqueness of the Rondout and Neversink watersheds.

Roscoe O&W Railway Museum

7 Railroad Avenue, Roscoe, NY 607-498-4346 • nyow.org/museum.html Seasonal May-October The museum contains O&W artifacts and memorabilia, other “railroadiana,”and local history displays showing the impact of the O&W on community life, hunting, fishing, farming, tourism and local industries.

HISTORIC STONE ARCH BRIDGES

Hankins Stone Arch Bridge

County Road 94, Hankins, NY Built in 1892, by Wallace LaValley, it connected Hankins and Long Eddy until Route 97 was built 1942.

Stone Arch Bridge Kenoza Lake

7352 State Route 52, Kenoza Lake, NY Built in 1873, to cross Callicoon Creek. Picnic area and playground.

Tusten Stone Arch Bridge

Located within the Ten Mile Boy Scout Reservation, Narrowsburg, NY Built in 1896, it crosses the Ten Mile River near the river’s junction with the Delaware River.

HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGES

Contact information for following bridges: 845-807-0287 • scparks@co.sullivan.ny.us

Bendo Covered Bridge

68 Conklin Hill Road, Livingston Manor, NY Originally built in 1860, by John Davidson. Moved to its present location in 1913.

Livingston Manor Covered Bridge Park

Covered Bridge Road, Livingston Manor, NY Historic covered bridge built in 1860. Picnic tables, grills and picnic pavilion (fee). Open daily Mother’s Day - Columbus Day, 8am to dusk. Fishing available.

Beaverkill Covered Bridge

3 Ragin Road, Roscoe, NY Rebuilt in 2017. Originally built in 1865, southwest of Lew Beach.

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